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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
December 23, 2009

Hundreds remember Holy Family’s search for lodging

Posted by : jd

Wasn’t sure if this would make it to our Web site before Christmas, but I wanted to make sure to share it all the same. Merry Christmas.
By J.D. Long-García, The Catholic Sun
NOGALES, Mexico — In the days leading up to the birth of Christ, Mary and Joseph looked for lodging in Bethlehem, but found [...]


November 25, 2009

Homeless memorial service

Posted by : ambria

The month of November is quickly coming to an end and with it, the end of the month which Catholics pray in a special way for the departed.
Parishes throughout the diocese have displayed photos of the faithfully departed that relatives brought in and priests have remembered the names in the Book of Life in their [...]


September 23, 2009

Jesuit border initiative visits Phoenix parish

Posted by : jd
Filed under : From the Staff, Local News

By J.D. Long-García, The Catholic Sun
Jesuit Father Peter Neely visited St. Paul Parish last month to spread the word about the Kino Border Initiative.
“This message needs to get our to lots of parishes,” he said Sept. 20. “This is a Catholic program based on the dignity of the human person.”
The Kino Border Initiative, a bi-national [...]


September 20, 2009

Jesuit priest to detail border efforts

Posted by : jd
Filed under : Local News

Catholics interested in the Church’s work with immigrants don’t have to go to the border to learn more — they can go to St. Paul Parish Sept. 20.
That’s where Jesuit Father Pete Neely will discuss the vital work of the Kino Border Initiative, a collaborative effort serving the physical and spiritual needs of the recently [...]


August 22, 2008

Kino Border Initiative

Posted by : jd

This is our video report of the Kino Border Initiative, a binational effort to provide innovative social, pastoral, and educational ministries to migrants and the communities most affected by them on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border of southern Arizona.
You can read our story, which appeared in this weeks issue, online. You can also visit the [...]